We explain the difference between drug diversion and decriminalisation, in response to media reports that the Mayor of London is planning to ‘decriminalise’ cannabis in the capital.
We spoke with Sarah Limb, Criminal Justice Policy and Campaigns Officer at the Traveller Movement, a charity which works with Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) people, about how the youth justice system can improve outcomes for GRT children.
The Centre responds to the Government’s new ten year drug strategy, which set out plans to build a ‘world-class drug and alcohol treatment and recovery system’.
We spoke with Sarah Beresford, Prison Reform Trust Associate and Churchill Fellow, about piloting a new assessment framework for supporting children who have a mother in the criminal justice system.
We spoke with John Buskell, the Parent Mentor Coordinator at Pan-London FDAC, about the role of the Parent Mentor within the Family Drug and Alcohol Courts (FDAC).
We spoke with Professor Stephen Case, academic, researcher and writer in youth offending and youth justice about his research into the 'Child First' principle and implementing this principle in practice.
We spoke with Peter Neyroud, former police officer for 30 years and lecturer in evidenced based policing about lessons from pre-arrest diversion and what he sees in the future for improving the evidence base.
